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E. H. ROUSSEAU. BUGKBOARDWAGON.

No. 355,215. Paten-5551555. z8, 1885.

l UNITED t STATES PATENT OEETCE.

EDOUARD HEROUL ROUSSEAU, OFAGRANBY, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BUoKBoARo-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 355,215, dated December28, 1886. Application tiled December 4. 1885. Serial No. 184.699.(Ncmudel.) Patented in Canada July 2, 1885, No. 21,955.

To all whom/z5 may concern:

Be it known that I, EDOUARD HEEoUL ROUSSEAU, asubjectof Our SovereignLady Queen Victoria, Queen of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain andIreland, &c., residing at the village of Granby, in the county ofSheft'ord and Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented somenew and needful Improvements in Buckboard and Buggy Vagons, (for which Ihave received Letters Patent'in the Dominion of Canada, No. 21,955,dated July 2, 1885;) and I do hereby declare that ,the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make the same,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1isa downward view upon the Wagongear of mysaid invention. Fig. 2 is anisometrical projectionof the said invention.v

The first part of my invention consists in the method of the attachmentto the seat of the slats which form the board in buckboardwagons.77 Thismethod is anirnprovement on the old plan of carrying these straightthrough from the rocker to the hind axle of the wagon.

This method also cmbines the advantages of side springs withbuckboard-gear,with none of their drawbacks.

The second part of my invention is the attachment of the foot-rod,which, balancing the springs of the gear, prevents that jar upon thefoot-rod which causes numbness in the feet and ankles of persons ridingi-n an ordinary buckboard-wagon.

A, Fig. 1, is a frame of hard wood. It is joined at the corners, asshown. On the frame the seat rests, being hinged in front.

To the frame are fasten/ed slats a, in front and behind the seat. Theiroutside ends are straight. Their inside ends are bent upward, where theyare attached to the seat-frame, and where they are fastened by bolts andscrews, as shown. The two outside bolts run through the seat-frame, andthereby strengthen it. The outside ends are bolted to the rocker and theaxle.

Beginning at the rocker on each side end, bolted toit under the slats atthe sides are two steel springs one-fourth of an inch thick by one vthem under the seat-frame. They then take the curve of the slats behindthe seat-frame, and are fastened with bolts to the axle. -They act tostrengthen the gear, which can sustain any suitable weightwithoutbreaking, for when the bent piecesthemselves springs-are presseddownward by any weight or sudden impact upon the seat the steel springsbend also. If the weight or force of impact be strong enough tostraighten the steel springs,-l

they then bear in a straight line from their bolted ends and hold therocker and axle, so that the wooden springs can be bent no more. On topof these bent pieces, in front of the seat! frame, rests the foot-rodattachment. This is the second part of my invention. It is made up ofsteel springs one-fourth of aninch thick by one and onefourth inch wide,c c, Figs. 1 and 2. These springs follow the direction of the curve ofthe bent pieces a little way, and

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, in a buckboard, of the steel springs B`B,independent of the seat, secured at one end to the rocker and at therot-her to the hind axle, with. the bent pieces a a, sub.

stantiall y as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a buckboard, of the springs c c and cross-slatscl d, secured to said springs c c, with the bent pieces a a,substantially as set'forth.

3. In a buckboard-wagon, the combination of the springs B B, bent piecesa a, and seat- `frame A, with thesprings c c and foot-bar. D,

all arranged substantially as and for the purpose shown and described:

Granby, Province of Quebec, this 16th day of October, 1885.

EDOUARD HERCUL ROUSSEAU.

lVitnesses:

J. L. Dozols, S.' DEsLIERREs.

